About the Authors
- Eva Veronesi
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Affiliation VVD Program, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Mark Henstock
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Affiliation VVD Program, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Simon Gubbins
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Affiliation VVD Program, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Carrie Batten
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Affiliation VVD Program, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Robyn Manley
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Affiliation VVD Program, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom
- James Barber
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Affiliation VVD Program, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Bernd Hoffmann
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Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
- Martin Beer
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Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
- Houssam Attoui
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Affiliation VVD Program, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Peter Paul Clement Mertens
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Affiliation VVD Program, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom
- Simon Carpenter
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* E-mail: simon.carpenter@pirbright.ac.uk
Affiliation VVD Program, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, Surrey, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors can confirm that Simon Gubbins, Houssam Attoui and Martin Beer are all PLOS ONE Editorial Board members. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on data sharing and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EV CB HA PPCM SC. Performed the experiments: EV MH RM JB. Analyzed the data: SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HA MH CB BH MB. Wrote the paper: SC SG EV MB BH.